Peg target holder



Patented Feb. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

In pitching horseshoes or quoits it is Well known that two stakes are set in the ground at a suitable distance apart, usually 40 ft., and the horseshoes are pitched rst at the one stake and a then at the other stake.

Many city lots are 40 feet wide, and the house is built on one side of this lot with a driveway on .the other side of the lot running past the house from the front to the garage at the back. It is found by experience that this driveway is the best and frequently the only place in the lot where the stakes can be set and where the players can pitch horseshoes. If these stakes are left permanently in the driveway they are apt to damage the tires of the automobile that is driven on the driveway.

The object of this invention is to provide a plate and socket in which the stake can be inserted and which will firmly hold the stake in proper position while the game is being played,

after which the stake can be removed until it is desired to play the game again.

These and other objects of the invention will be illustrated in the drawing, described in the specification and pointed out in the claim at the end thereof:

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the box that is ordinarily used in pitching horseshoes with the plate and socket placed therein and left uncov- 3 ered.

Figure 2 isva longitudinal section on the line Zar-2:1: of Figure 1.

In the drawing like reference numerals indicate like parts.

In the drawing is shown a square or rectangular box or frame I which is made ordinarily of lumber having a cross section of 2" x 6" and suitably fastened together at the corners. 'Ihis box (Cl. 27E- 104) is ordinarily used in pitching horseshoes. Below this frame and extending 4across it in one direction is a 4" x 4 piece of wood 2, or sill, in which is bored an inclined hole as indicated at 3. A steel plate 4 is cut preferably 7 long, 3%" wide and 5 3A, thick. To the bottom of this steel plate is welded or brazed a one-inch steel pipe 5, '7" long. If desired, this pipe can be threaded into the plate 4. This plate, with the pipe socket, is placed on the sill 2 with the pipe socket extending l0 down into the hole 3 and the plate 4 resting on the sill. The .plate has holes in it, as indicated at 6, 6, in which are inserted lag screws by which the plate is fastened to the sill. In this socket is inserted the pin l, which is ordinarily a round 15 bar of iron or steel one inch in diameter, the total length of which is about 2'7", The frame is then filled with clay to the level of the top of the frame, `and the stake is ready for using in playing the game. 20

When the game is over, the stake can be pulled out and the hole can be filled with a short wooden plug, which will keep the hole open and in good shape ready to receive the stake again when the plug is removed. 25

I claim:

In a device for holding the stake for a game of horseshoes, comprising -a rectangular frame, a sill extending across said frame under the bottom and across the middle thereof, said sill having an 3P inclined hole therein, a metal plate having a tubular socket attached thereto, said plate being fastened on top of the sill and having its socket extending down into the hole in the sill, a stake held in said socket in an inclined position and projecting above the sill and the frame.

HARRY J. HEGGIE. 

